Heartbroken
Dec 1, 2006 Parenting
Madison taught herself to say “F” and “L” correctly. She’s been doing this lately — repeating words she knows she has wrong until she gets it right. She ran over to me the other day and said, “I can say F! Frankie! And Lucia!”
(sigh)
It used to be Sankie and Yucia.
December 1st, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Sunshine used to say “my” instead of “I’m”. “My going outside now.” It was so cute. I would reprimand anyone who would correct her. Alas, she figured it out on her own.
December 1st, 2006 at 3:04 pm
One of my neices used to put her finger to her chest and say “iss is my rauren” (this is my lauren). I was so bummed when she outgrew it.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Aargh. I hate that. My daughter at five still has very few, “bery” for “very,” for instance, but they’re going fast.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:33 pm
my kids started out calling me “mama marta” officially, but often as not, just marta (and my partner is often just julie. when trixie was first starting to talk, she called me “tamta,” which i loved. one day my mil taught her to say “marta,” and i was just heartbroken.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:34 pm
A dear friend of mine has a daughter named Riley. When she informed her daughter that the letter R says “R” like “Riley,” Riley said, “No, Mommy! Wuh, like Wiley!”
Oh, kids.
December 1st, 2006 at 6:09 pm
I dread the day Jamie says, “Thank you mommy,” instead of “Oh! Tank ooo mom-mee.”
Snif.
December 1st, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Nat says f’s like s’s too. I guess I better enjoy “srock” (frog) while I can…
December 3rd, 2006 at 5:27 am
M. Small has been teaching himself words, and we have a bone or two to pick. I don’t know who taught him “candy canes” and “Mickey Mouse” and “hash browns”, but I will forgive you. The person who taught him “but I don’t LIKE it” - you, I will hunt down.
December 4th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Don’t you love it when light bulbs go on for our kids and they positively glow from the experience? Love it!!